Editing Brigitte Bardot (section)

=== International films and singing career: 1962–1968 ===
[[File:Brigitte_Bardot_em_visita_ao_Brasil,_1964.tif|thumb|left|upright=0.8|Bardot visiting Brazil in 1964]]
In the mid-1960s, Bardot made films that seemed to be more aimed at the international market. She starred in [[Jean-Luc Godard]]'s film ''[[Contempt (film)|Le Mépris]]'' (1963), produced by [[Joseph E. Levine]] and starring [[Jack Palance]]. The following year she co-starred with [[Anthony Perkins]] in the comedy ''[[Une ravissante idiote]]'' (1964).

''[[Dear Brigitte]]'' (1965), Bardot's first Hollywood film, was a comedy starring [[James Stewart]] as an academic whose son develops a crush on Bardot. Bardot's appearance was relatively brief in the film, and the movie was not a big success.
[[File:Mepris-Italie-1963.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|Brigitte Bardot and [[Michel Piccoli]] caught by paparazzi in Italy during the filming of ''[[Contempt (film)|Contempt]]'' in 1963]]
More successful was the Western buddy comedy ''[[Viva Maria!]]'' (1965) for director Louis Malle, appearing opposite [[Jeanne Moreau]]. It was a big hit in France and worldwide, although it did not break through in the United States as much as had been hoped.<ref name="tino">Tino Balio, ''United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry'', University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 281.</ref>

After a cameo in Godard's ''[[Masculin Féminin]]'' (1966), she had her first outright flop for some years, ''[[Two Weeks in September]]'' (1968), a French–English co-production. She had a small role in the all-star ''[[Spirits of the Dead]]'' (1968), acting opposite [[Alain Delon]], then tried a Hollywood film again: ''[[Shalako (film)|Shalako]]'' (1968), a Western starring [[Sean Connery]], which was another box-office disappointment.<ref name="variety">"ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses", ''Variety'', 31 May 1973 p. 3.</ref>

She participated in several musical shows and recorded many popular songs in the 1960s and 1970s, mostly in collaboration with [[Serge Gainsbourg]], Bob Zagury and [[Sacha Distel]], including "Harley Davidson"; "Je Me Donne À Qui Me Plaît"; "Bubble gum"; "Contact"; "Je Reviendrai Toujours Vers Toi"; "L'Appareil À Sous"; "La Madrague"; "On Déménage"; "Sidonie"; "Tu Veux, Ou Tu Veux Pas?"; "Le Soleil De Ma Vie" (a cover of [[Stevie Wonder]]'s "[[You Are the Sunshine of My Life]]"); and "[[Je t'aime... moi non-plus]]". Bardot pleaded with Gainsbourg not to release this duet and he complied with her wish; the following year, he rerecorded a version with British-born model and actress [[Jane Birkin]] that became a massive hit all over Europe. The version with Bardot was issued in 1986 and became a download hit in 2006 when [[Universal Music]] made its back catalogue available to purchase online, with this version of the song ranking as the third most popular download.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6058742.stm|title=Bardot revived as download star|date=17 October 2006|work=BBC News|access-date=3 August 2010}}</ref>
[[File:Brigitte Bardot.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Bardot in 1968]]